First-year composition and general education public speaking courses tend to be generic. Maybe there’s a good reason I don’t yet understand, but both courses tend…
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Teaching about traditional, digital, and visual rhetoric. Some posts on the teaching of philosophy to undergraduates.
Higher education, including rhetoric programs, are prone to over-specialization. I’ve met professors with expertise in the clothes of ancient orators. Clearly, that’s not knowledge useful…
Comments closedI have been struggling along this summer, planning for “Introduction to College Writing.” It isn’t the syllabus or grading that has me stumped — it…
Comments closedWhen we discuss rhetoric in our first-year composition (FYC) courses, it is easy to overlook issues of philosophical and ideological bias. True, we tell our…
Comments closedI was reading through papers from throughout the university as part of a larger study when I was reminded of my distaste for extremists. My…
Comments closedAm I a rogue rhetorician? I have been giving this a fair amount of thought, especially as I reread journal articles and books by the…
Comments closedI have been spending a good deal of time planning for the upcoming academic year. I am a perfectionist, which means I tend to rewrite…
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